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title: Netgate Newsletter - December 2021
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| View in browser December - 2021       Happy New Year from Netgate!       TNSR software TNSR Performance Understanding the Role of DPDK in TNSR TNSR Educational Video: Core Features pfSense Plus software pfSense Plus 22.01 Coming Soon pfSense 2021 Annual Survey Customer Story: Lisbon School Department Netgate News Tech Tip of the Month: pfSense Traffic Shaper Happy New Year from Netgate Global Support! TNSR Software Performance TNSR software is an extraordinary high-performance edge router. What makes it extraordinary? TNSR software uniquely benefits from a data plane that leverages Vector Packet Processing (VPP) and the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) in user space to produce blinding secure networking speed relative to traditional kernel-base approaches. FD.io's VPP propels TNSR software to speed gains of two orders of magnitude over traditional packet processing solutions. For a full explanation and deeper dive into the science behind Vector Packet Processing visit our VPP explainer page here. For more detailed information regarding TNSR software performance visit our complete TNSR software performance page by clicking the button below. Learn More Understanding the Role of DPDK in TNSR Here at Netgate, we talk a lot about Vector Packet Processing (VPP), and for good reason. It is the ‘engine’ of the TNSR data plane that scales packet processing up to two orders of magnitude beyond what is possible with traditional kernel-space product designs. There is a second component in the TNSR data plane, Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK). This blog describes the role DPDK plays within TNSR software - but also why it alone is not the vRouter end game. Read the Blog TNSR Educational Video: Core Features Core Features is the second video in our TNSR Software Education Series. This video provides a quick synopsis of TNSR’s routing protocol and address mapping capabilities; VPN, interface, and tunneling features; and firewall coverage. Finally, it touches on expected enterprise and service-provider “musts” - specifically high availability and orchestration management readiness. The TNSR section of our website contains more detailed information on applications, features, performance, deployment guidance, and more, but this growing family of videos cover the essence of the product - and its value - in fast, easy bite-sized stories. Watch the Video pfSense Plus 22.01 Coming Soon This past September we had to skip the pfSense® Plus 21.09 release. We truly appreciate the community's patience and we are excited to be able to announce the arrival of pfSense Plus version 22.01 in January. The release is receiving its finishing touches before we make it available in the next few weeks. This isn't a run-of-the-mill release either, this 22.01 version of pfSense Plus software will deliver on major community requests, most notably the ability to run pfSense Plus software on third-party boxes.   In addition to opening up availability to a wider audience, pfSense Plus release 22.01 will deliver a few key improvements, including switching to ZFS as the root filesystem for all new pfSense Plus devices.  There are also changes and additions to monitoring widgets, updates to WireGuard, and nearly 100 other improvements and bug fixes. Stay tuned next month for the pfSense Plus 22.01 blog post and release notes for all information regarding the new release. pfSense 2021 Annual Survey With the year coming to a close we are excited to announce we have launched our Annual pfSense software survey for 2021 and we want to hear from you! The better we understand you, your pfSense software usage, and your needs, the better we can serve you.   By taking this 10-minute survey you will be entered into four separate drawings for $75 Amazon Gift Cards. The survey runs for two weeks (through January 12, 2021) and there will be two winners each week. The earlier you take the survey, the more chances you have to win! Take the Survey Lisbon School Department Leverages pfSense Plus Software for Campus-wide Gigabit VPN Connectivity Lisbon School Department upgraded their campus' network after deploying a Netgate 5100 equipped with pfSense Plus software. Now their entire campus has a pristine, powerful, gigabit per second, secure network. This new and improved network features robust remote user connectivity without compromising on speed, security, or cost. In fact, their pfSense Plus solution is only a fraction of the price of the legacy vendor solutions.   Churchill, presiding over the school's network project, quickly recognized the need for professional services from our world-class Netgate TAC team to help with network design, configuration, and deployment. Pleased with the quality of the support team Churchill also opted into a three-year subscription to Netgate Global Support receiving complete business assurance from Netgate TAC. Read the full customer story by clicking the button below. To learn more about Netgate Global Support visit our page here.   Read The Story Tech Tip of the Month: pfSense Traffic Shaper   The basic idea of traffic shaping is raising and lowering the priorities of packets or keeping them under a certain speed. This concept seems simple, however, the number of ways in which this concept can be applied is vast. We recommend configuring the traffic shaper using the wizard for the first time, which guides administrators through the shaper configuration process.   Happy New Year from Netgate Global Support!   Happy New Year!  Next year, resolve to spend less time troubleshooting your mission-critical systems by utilizing Netgate’s 24x7x365 technical assistance center (TAC). Our diverse team of dedicated support engineers are here when your business needs them the most. With a TAC subscription,  professional expertise is just an email or phone call away.  Click to learn more details on each support plan. Purchase a TAC subscription now.   TAC Tip: Did you know that TAC Lite comes with every system sold by Netgate and provides complimentary zero-to-ping support? What's 'zero-to-ping'? ZTP support is when we’ll help get your Netgate appliance,  AWS, or Azure firewall connected to the Internet and one client on the same network online.   Have questions about your existing plan? Need to renew TAC or purchase an additional subscription? Reach out to Kimberly Keen, your Netgate customer success manager. Kim is here to help you get started, renew your support subscriptions, and advise you along the way. You can email her directly at customersuccess@netgate.com        Thanks for subscribing to the Netgate newsletter. For more information on Netgate and its products, engage with us on social media, or visit our forum. We're always looking for ways to improve. Want to share feedback? You can contact us here. Find the newsletter informative? Recommend it to a friend or colleague and direct them here!  Useful Links & Information Netgate Website Netgate Store Phone: +1 512.646.4100 The best way to reach us is by emailing mktg@netgate.com         Join our growing social community!       This message is sent from the Netgate® marketing team. 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